Why do PDF's crash my computer?

[XemaSab]

:cry:

[NJmaverick]

1. Do you have the latest version of acrobat reader?

[HopeHoops]

2. Just go to adobe.com - there's a download button on the front page.

[Clovis Sangrail]

3. because adobe writes terrible software

:shrug:
It's not necessarily *your system that's the problem.
I deal with a lot of computers and issues with Adobe's pdf software are a regular feature.

[DarkTirade]

4. Try Foxit reader instead of Adobe.

Once I tried it, I never looked back. All the functionality without the bloated buggyness that characterizes Adobe software.

[hobbit709]

5. Ditto on Foxit.

Leaner, meaner and works better.

[DarkTirade]

6. I think you accidentally put an extra word at the end.

Leaner, meaner and works. :P

[Lady Effingbroke]

7. I quit using Foxit after the latest versions began requiring installation of some search bar

(MySearch or some such) in order for all of the features the program to work properly.

I now use PDF Xchange viewer. It is also free and has more features than Foxit, including a typewriter tool, which I find very useful.

[hobbit709]

9. All you have to do is uncheck the option.

Everything works just fine without the toolbars.

[NJmaverick]

8. Doesn't that software have ads, unless you pay for it?

or am I thinking of another PDF program?

[DarkTirade]

10. Mine doesn't.

And I just reinstalled Windows and subsequently all of my various programs a couple months ago, so I've got one of the newest versions. :shrug:

[pokerfan]

11. I use Foxit

but http://lifehacker.com/287281/open-pdfs-in-a-flash-with-sumatra">Sumatra is even slimmer and is open source.

Another indispensable freeware PDF utility is http://lifehacker.com/242311/download-of-the-day-dopdf-windows">doPDF that adds a virtual printer to you computer that lets you print any document to a PDF.

Of course, you can get the same functionality by purchasing Acrobat for $200 but who wants to do that?

[DarkTirade]

13. I use CutePDF to print to PDF.

It acts as a printer driver, so when printing anything you can select it as the output.

[pokerfan]

14. same as doPDF

both are mentioned in the article I linked. I have an old version of Acrobat Pro which included the ability to print PDFs but since Adobe wanted $$$ for upgrades, I went the free-ware, open source route.

[Midlodemocrat]

12. They hate you. ANd your bird loving ways. I tried to talk them out of it, but no go. Sorry.